Cigar box



Oct. 20, 1931. A. A. ADAMSON CIGAR BOX Filed July ll, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 mvw INVENTOR flZZan, gficzanzson, BY

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A. A. ADA ON CIGAR Box Filed July 11, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR flzzm H fitlanwon All; ATT NEY Patented Oct. 20, 1931 nmsor. or ROCHESTER, N RK, assxenoa Y ME AS IGNM NTS floenroxnnrr ox conronnrron, or LIMA, 01110, A conronnrion OF DELAWARE CIGAR BOX Application filed July 11, 1828. Serial No. 291,882.

The present invention relates to cigar boxes, .an object of this invention being to make it possible to reduce the time required in the manufacture of cigar boxes. Another 1 object ofthe invention is to. provide a lid having a hinging strip attached thereto to be nailed to their-ear wall of the box body.

, To these and other ends-the invention'consists of certain :parts and combinations of 1 parts,'all of which will be hereinafter de- 7 :the novel features'being pointed out in he ppmded a m In he? dra gs: Fig; lis a sectionalperspective of one embodinient of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the 11d emplgydin'cormection with the embodiment shown inFig. 1;.

:Fig; 3, is a sect onal perspective of another I5) embodiment of the invention;

is a plan view of the blank employed T525 as a wrapior the lid shown in Figs. 3 and 4;

and Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9. and 10 are fragmentary sectional views of five other embodiments of the invention, I

Prior to this invention cigar boxes have been manufa ur d by comp g bo body and edging or covering the same and completing the lid and edging the latter while it is? separated from the box body. Thereafter the i is ing d o thejbo b dy by a hingin'g strip oftextijle material adhesively Secure to the t r fa e of t ne the rear edge of the latter and to the outer face of the rear wall of the body near the upper edge of the latter. After adhesively securing the hinging strip, it'hasrbeen necessary to lay aside the lidded box until the adhesive has dried, thus preventing handling of the box for somehours and requiring considerable space for storage of the. boxes, during drying. According to, this invention drying periodis eliminated, andthe box with the lid secured thereto is, after the lidding operation, immediately in, condition for furtherv opera- 7 1:6 tines onthe box.

This invention may be carried out in a large number of ways. i

In the embodiment shown in Figs. land- 2, the box body 1 is made of card board and is wrapped by a cover 2 which may have suitable labels printed thereon. The lid 3 is also formed of laminated paper board which is cut or slit at 4 near one edge to form a hinging strip 5 connected to the lid by one or more of the laminationscommon to the lid andthe hinging strip. A lid wrap 6 is nowadhesively applied to the lid to cover the outer face of the lid with its edges 7 turned over the inner face of the lid. The lid in this condition now has the hinging strip 5 secured to the upper edge of the rear Wall of the box body by small nails 8 driven through the hinging strip and into the rear wall, the hinged portion 9 between the strip andthe lid being positioned adjacent the outer edge of the rear wall so that the lid can swing to closed position and overlie the strip. The rear edge of the cover as well as the hinging strip is now covered with an edging piece 10 which extends across the 45; hinged portion 9 and serves to strengthen such hinged portion. A lid label 1 1 is now adhesively secured to the inner face of the lid and has an extension 12 which projects over the hingedportion 9 to strengthen the latter and downwardly over the inner face of the hinging strip onto that portion of the body Wrap 2 which extends onto the inner face of the boxbody.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 3,4: and 5, the box body 1 is formed from laminated materialsuch as paper board and has the, body wrap 2 secured over the outer face thereof and extendin over the upper edges over the inner face of the paper board body. The lid member 3 is formed from paper board cut or scored to provide a hinging piece 5 connected to the'lid proper by a hinged portion 9 formed'by laminations of the paper board material from which the lid and hinging piece are made. The-wrap 6 is adhee sively applied to the lid before this lid is attached to the box body and covers the outer face of the lid as Well as extending about the edges of the lid onto the inner face of the lid. .09

body. An inside label 11 is'now adhesively secured to the inner face of the lid, extends over the hinging portion 9 of the hinglng strip, over theupper and inner face of the ward "turned edge of the box body wrap. This inside label 11 also tends to strengthen the hinging portion 9. This construction eliminates one of the operations shown in" Figs. 1 and 2as the hinging, stripemay be covered on its 'outer face by the same opera-o tion that applies the wrap to'the outer face of the lid.

In theembodiment shown in Fig. 6, the box body 1, which may be made of any suitable material, is completed and also the lid 3 with-its hinging piece 5 'before the lid is attached to the boxbody. The lid is formed from laminated materiailsuch as paperboard as in the other embodiment and the hinging piece'5 is cut from the material of the board by slitting the latter so as to provide a'hinging portion 9 formed by laminations of the board. The hinging portion 9 in this'inof the hinging'piece 5 and at the rear upper corner of the lid 3 so that thelid does not overlap thehinging piece or strip when the cover is in closed position.-

In the embodiment shownin Fig. 7 the box body 1 is formed of any suitable material while the lid 3 is formed of paper board which is reducedat its rear edge'to form a hinging strip 5from one or more of the laminations of the board, thus providing a hinging strip of substantially the same thicknes as the hinging portion 9. This strip 5 is secured by nails 8 to the upper edge of the rear wall of the box body 1 so that the hinging portion 9 lies in immediate proximity tothe lower rear edge 'ofthe lid 3.-

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 8, the box'body is formed of any suitable material while the lid 3 is formed of paper board and the hinged strip 5 is formed by cutting the board so that one or more of the laminations thereof provide the hinging strip. The hinging strip 5 is secured by nails 8 to the outer face of the rear wall ofthe box body instead of'to the upper edge of the rear wall as shown in Fig. 7. In the embodiment shown in Fig.9, the box body is formed in any suitable manner while the lid 3 is formed preferably of'wood. A hinging strip '5? also formed of wood is se cured to the lid 3 while the latter is detached from the box body by means of a piece 9 7 formed of cloth or other suitable material and is adhesively secured to the lid and the hing- 5 ing strip. Nails "8 "pass through the hinging hinging stripflanddownwardly onto the .in-

stance, is positioned at the inner upper corner piece 5 and into the upper edge of the rear box body 1 to hold the lid to the box body.

7 In the embodiment shown in Fig. 10, the box body 1 is formed in any suitable manner while the lid is laminated being formed of a piece of wood 14' which has on its inner face a sheet 15 of paper board, the sheet being extended at 16 beyond the edge of the wooden piece 14 to provide the .hingingpiece- .This

hingingpiece is nailed at 8 tolthe uppef'ed'ge" of the r'ea'r'wall ofthe boxbody' so thatthe hinging portion 9 will lie at the rear lower edge of the lid and the latter will overlie the hinging strip 16whe'n in closed position.

In Figs. 6 to 10, the manner of wrapping or edging the box body and lidis'not shown,

strip. When the hinging strip is nailed to the upper edge of the rear wall of the body, said wall is made of less height. than the front wall, the thickness of the bin ing strip being substantially equal to the di erencein heights between the two walls The wraps and/or labels tend to strengthen the hinged connection. After the box and lid are nailed together, the box is immediatelyreadygfor other operations, thus doing away with the lapse of time between these operations;

This type of cover or lid hinge has special advantage when used in connection witha cigar box having an outside wrapping means which covers the outer side walls of the box, extends over the upper edges of the side walls onto the inner faces of said side walls as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. This is due to the fact that a hinging strip made of textile material and adhesively secured to the lid or cover adjacent the rear edge of the latter and also to the upper edge of the rear wall, is not effective as a. good hinge when secured topa-per' of which the outside wrapper is made. The outside wrap ping of cigar boxes with paper is coming into flu favor due to the fact that a Wrap of this kind can be'put on by machinery, doing awaywith the old type of hand vedging and also to the fact that cigar boxes are bein'g'made of cheap- ,er material, such as cheap wood or paper board or both. With this type of outside wrapping comes the difficulty of attaching the cover or lid to the box body effectively by a cloth or textile strip. p 7 What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

:1. A cigar. box comprising a box body, a separately formed flatlid for the bod'yforined of laminated material cut in its outer face adjacent its rear edge to form a hinging strip the hinge of which is adjacent the inner face of the lid, the hinging portion being formed by some of the laminations of the material, nails fastening said hinging strip to the rear Wall of the box body.

2. A cigar box comprising a box body, a lid formed of laminated material, a hinging strip arranged at the rear edge of the lid and having laminations in common with those of the lid, said strip being secured to the up per edge of the rear wall of the box body and having the lid overlying the same when in closed position.

3. A cigar box comprising a box body having its front wall of greater height than its rear wall, a lid, a hinging strip projecting from the rear edge of the lid and having a thickness substantially equal to the difference in height between the front and the rear wall of the box body a length equal to the length of the cover and a width equal to the thickness of the rear wall, said strip being secured to the upper edge of the rear wall and having the lid overlapping it when the lid is in closed position.

4. A cigar box comprising a box body having its rear wall of less height than its front wall, a lid, a hinging strip of substantially the same thickness as the lid, having a continuous hinged connection flush with the inner face of the lid, said strip resting on the upper edge of the rear wall of the box, and

- fastening devices passed through the strip into the rear wall of the box body.

5. A cigar box comprising a box body, a lid, a hinging strip, flexibly connected to the lid along the rear edge thereof, said strip having a height equal to the thickness of the lid and a width equal to the thickness of the rear wall of the box body, and means for securing the hinging strip to the upper edge of said rear wall.

6. A cigar box comprising a box body and a lid scored adjacent its rear edge to provide a hinging strip flexibly connected therewith, said strip being secured to the upper edge of the rear wall of the box body and having a height equal to the thickness of the lid, and a width equal to the thickness of said rear wall.

7. A cigar box comprising a box body, and a lid formed of laminated material and scored adjacent its rear edge to provide a hinging strip flexibly connected therewith by one or more of the laminations, said strip being secured to the upper edge of the rear wall of the box body and having a height equal to the thickness of the lid, a width equal to the thickness of said rear wall and a length equal to the length of the lid.

8. A cigar box comprising a box body having its front wall of greater height than its rear wall, a lid scored adjacent its rear edge to provide a hinging strip flexibly connected therewith, said strip having a height equal to the difference in height bet-ween said front and rear walls, and having a width equal to the thickness of said rear wall, and means for securin said strip to the upper edge of said rear wa l.

9. A cigar box comprising a box body having its front wall of greater height than its rear wall, a lid formed of laminated material and cut adjacent its rear edge to provide a hinging strip flexibly connected therewith by one or more of the laminations, said strip having a height equal to the difference in height between said front and rear walls, and having a width equal to the thickness of said rear wall, and means for securing the strip to the upper edge of said rear wall.

ALLAN A. ADAMSON. 

